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HON. STEPHEN ALIENS P00R G 7
PIECE.

This story and the Pocket
Piece" have often been told and cir
eulated. 4 good thing, wise
thing, however, can never be circu-
lated too freely. Among the victims
OF the Henry Clay Disaster"
steamboat destroyed by fire on the
Hudson river during the fall of
1861, was Stephen Allen, Esq, an
aged man Of the purest character,
formerly mayor Of the city Of New
York. beloved and esteemed by all
who knew him. In his pocket book
was found printed slip, apparent
" cut from a newspaper, Of which
the following is truce copy. Pc
ruse it carefully;
Keep good company or none
Ncye. be idle. -..,.,...ss
your hands cannot be usefully
employed, attend to the cultivation
Of your mind.
Always speak the truth. Make
few promises.
Live up to your engagements. 50 =,
Keep your own secrets, if you
have any.
When you speak to a person, look
him in The face.
Good company and good CONVEX
saton are the very sinews of virtue.
Good character is above all things
else.
You character cannot be essen
italy injured except by your gown
acts
Ifanv one speaks evil of you. let
your life be SO that none will believe
him
Drink no Gina Of Intoxicating Ii
quor
Ever live (misfor.une 5eZcepted)
within your income. =
When you retire 10 bed, think over
what yoa have been doing sduring
the day.
Male no base TO be rich SIC you
would prosper
Sm-li and steady gains give COM
potency with tranquility of mind.
Neyer play at any game of chance.
Avoid temptation, through fear
Earn money before you spend it.
Never run into debt, unlsss you
see plainly way TO get out again.
Never borrow, if you can possibly
avoid it.
Do not marry until you are able
30 support wife.
Never speak evil Of any one, Be
just before you are generous. ID
Keep yourself innocent if you
would be happy.
Save when you are young to spend
when you are old.
Read over the above maxims, at
least, once q week.
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GEO. b. WRESTLING,
Mch. 26 'S7 superintendent.
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CUMB. VAL. RAILROAD.
I'll ME II A B L Il

TAKES EFFECT SUNDAY, JAN. 80, 1887.
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A Sharp E elbow.

A man went into a diamondgdeal-
er's in Maiden s.Lane recently
and tried TO sell some diamond
rings. The dealer looked them
over, blew on them, rubbed them,
and then refused them at $3.50.
II don't want to deal with this
man." he said TO his rk,Tafter-
ward, "He's too sharp"
"Sharo! How 50 p said the
clerk.
Why, he was engaged to my
wife and didn't marry.her."
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1NHE undersigned respectfully informs the
4 citizens of Martinsburg and Berkeley
county that he has opened Coal and Wood
Office and Flour and Feed Store at 6s Queen
Street, where all orders in my line will re-
ceive prompt attention. have put in pair
of Fairbanks new scales and all coal sold by
me will be weighed and full weight guar
anteed. Piedmont and Cumberland run of
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best quail
ty Nut and Egg anthracite coal always on
hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to sell
are solicited to see me before selling Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage ex-
tended.me, and soliciting your further favors,
am respectfully yours,
iY24-ly, j. W. ROE EXITS.
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BALTIC. & OHIO
TIME TABLE.
In Effect Sunday, Jan. 80, 1857.
EAST BOUND.
Train No. from Chicago and St
Louis leaves Martinsburg at 4O6 and
Washingto.- 6 20; arrives Baltimore at
30 and leaves 45 m, arrives at Phila.
delphia at 1890; D m.
Train No. s, arrives at Martinsburg at
5.02, leaves s. 07, a. m.
Train No. 146, mixed train, leaves Mar
tinsbut z s 20 m, except Sunday, cor :
meets for Winchester, Hagerstown and
Frederick
Train No. 66, except Sunday, leaves
Martinsburg at ii m; via main line.
stops at all stations, connects for Valley
braI ch, Hagerstown and Frederick.
Train No. 2, limited from st. Louis and
Cincinnati; leaves Martlnsburg ii 50; m
w shington 10 m; and Baltimore 3 Is
p m; arrives Philadelphia 7 m.
Train No 3S, Baltimore and way sta
tons via Washington; leaves Martins
purg at p m; connects for Winchester.
Hagerstown and Frederick.
am W. W DLuIIeu from CnJcagO ana
Pittsburg,. leaves Martinsburg 20 D m,
and Washington rs p m; arrives Balti-
more at 8 30 p m, and leaves at s As D nj;
arrives Philadelphia at m.
Trains NO. and will stop at Shenan-
doah junction.
WEST BOUND.
Train No, 5, limited from Philad elphia
to Chicago and Pitt. burg, leaves Phila-
delphia at 5 q m; Baltimore at 10 80 10;
Washington at IL 45 q m and Martinsburg
at 40 m.
Train No 1, limited to Cincinnati and
st. Louis, leaves Philadelphia 10 as M:
Baltimore 2 30, Washington 80, Martins
burg 20 p. m.
Train No. 7, Pittsburg Express: Mar
tinsburg at II 08 p m, arrives Cumberland
20, and Pittsburg at 80 a m.
Train No. Cincinnati, Chicago and st.
ouis; leaves Philadelphia 49, Baltimore
Washington 10 10 p. IN. and Martins
urg Il "a a. IN.
No. 65, daily except Sunday-Baltimo
to Grafton; Maltinsburg at II % .. m.
stops at all stations and connects for
Romney.
Mixed train, 147, daily; leaves Martins
burg at 30 q m connects for RomneY and
stops at all stations.
No. 40 leaves Z 10 a. m. except Sunday;
stops at all stations
Accommodation for Cherry Run leaves
$50 p.m. except Sunday.
IT. MARTIN, A gent.
G. X. LORD,
Gent. Passenger Agent,
Baltimore
VIM. NJ. CLEMENTS,
General Manager,
Baltimore.
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Nitai K!LLSaMEhlCkNS.
East Living-ReelsIess s.a,iug-Hnrd Drink
frR-Poor S,er.iag-.oeipi Jealousy
Politics' A rs.:ioa--Fieien: Passions
10 Race for 1Ions

10 Race for Honey
The alarming disease of this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu-
tons for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
in the United States is de-
creasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority Of sui
cides, committed without APP
parent reason, Or under so-called
"dcpression Of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostrat;on, which is a fruitful
source Of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life of
the nation. They assail the
springs of it's power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and wonlan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the In
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles of pow
erty; the use of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and I'll the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
fish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
thSs f ofsdns 81 Of tbs DIGESTION s98ai ASSN Ass
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally starred;
even when there is no enact
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its warnings:-headache
in the morning; a persistent
dull heaviness or aching at the
base of the brain; wakefulness;
loss Of appetite and disgustwith
food; loss of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessness and anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; quotations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitotion of the heart; sal
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is a total aban-
donment of the habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use of Shaker Ertract Of Roots
(Seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of Mt. Leb-
anon, N. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disordered stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vigor, pro-
noting the secretion of bile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
Svoto,,, o,,1 ,,,,,i { VIM ~ +bo b1ooJ
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Chamois.skin makessa pretty COW
er for u round stand of bamboo
if neatly fitted to the top and
decorated with a vine in gold and
silycr.leaC The edge should be fin
ished with the fringe of the channels
made by clipping it in quarter inch
strips .asten il to the stand. with
fancy gold nails, and you. have a
very dainty piece of furniture for a
hdy's boudoir.
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THE most reliable family medicine, DR..
&C. Calhouns, Anti Dyspeptic Vegetable
Compound Cathartic Pill Is, sold by A. N
GILBERT.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20

wondering if animals did not die Of broken
hearts as well as human beings. That
these people did not want me and could
never appreciate me was evident. I knew
Of a family who would dance forjoy if they
could see me again. Therefore. why need
stay when | was SO miserable. Iarose at
once and unfastened my halter with my
teeth, and then let myself oHt Of the stable
door and started towards home; and the
nearer | approached the lear familiar place
the higher my spirits rose, until, when l
reached the fence, ! didn't ever wait to I'M
latch the gate, but leaped clear over. I
couldn't help laughing as thought of the
wonder that would look out of that bad
boys eyes if he could have seen me now.
He would surely have thought I had been
playing possum," but | had not. 1t was
just the difference between a happy and a
sorrowful heart. ! trotted around the barn
yard, and caused quite a commotion among
the animals. They were all very glad to
see me, and old Dobbin and I whispered to
each other till daylight. told him ali my
story, and he said l did just right in com
ing home. AS soon as the house was
opened l trotted off towards It, and thrust
my head right through the window and
neighed. In a homer the children's arms
were around my neck, and the father and
mother were beside me.
Poor old fellow. you look as if You had
been abused, said the mother.
nodded my head several times, and the
children laughed.
Il believe he understands all We say
said the little lad.
ofcourse l did, and rubbed my nose
over his shoulder to tell him how I loved
him.
''oh, father, buy him back again; we
can never find another Gay said little
sister.
Il believe l will; I have regretted part
ing with him, said the father.
And he did buy me back very easily, and
| have lived a good and useful and happy
life, and if my story Will induce one boy to
believe that we can feel and understand a
great deal more than most people suppose,
| will not have written it in vain.
Now, taking everything into considera-
ton, do you think a homesiek horse COM
mits a great error when he runs away from
pain to pleasure?-FatM Wyane, IN Seat
tered Seeds.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20
THE DAMP CLOTH SYSTEM.

Helen Campbell claims, with truth, that
sweeping is far less a frequent need than is
supposed. The dust must be removed, but
a damp cloth is a key to its removal, and
the damp cloth system a saving of much
hard labor as well as wear and tear to the
carpets. Says the authority m~entioned;
Put a spoonful o ammonia i'll half a pail
of warm water, and wipe the carpet with a
cloth wrung II from this water. The
dust is removed, the colors fires and
every stray moth-a possibility everywhere
in these days of iurnaces-finds a sudden
end. Fluff, insidious and unconquerable,
forming itself in mysterious rolls under
beds and in corners, is reduced to its low
est terms, sinks into almost impalpable I'M
p~leasantness before the damp cloth, III
stead of sailing triumphantly before the
broom. The broom will still be an essen
tial. but rs servant, not monarch, and even
where one can not afford a carpet sweeper
need never again involve the amount OF
hard work associated with it.
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a FEST THE
a Way tn Find Out whether u woman
or a Man Has The More Nervous
Disposition.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the we'll
known writer, does not believe in the cur
rent cry about tie nervousness of wo-
men. He says the physiologies impress rs
with this idea because the ~physiologies
have been generally written by the men.
He suggests a test between the sexes in
this regard, which IS plausible, but hardly
as fair as it might be.
There exists in every household a short
and easy method of testing the compare
tive of sexes. Take the very
sweetest and most domestic of men. the
most home-loying and equable. and see if
he can have patience with the children,
day in and day ont, as can a wife much
less gifted by nature with these fine quail
ties. The children may be the sweetest
ever born, and yet each will be pretty sare
to pass through stages in It's development
when its croSs-questionings, its needless
resistings, its chronic deafness, its endless
'What?' and Why . and Whom did you
say p will furnish grounds fer practice for
saintship. Not that all mothers are equal
to this task-far from it,: but when it
comes to nerves, the average mother takes
all this trial and pressure in a way that
puts the average father to shame. ] knew
q shrewd woman, who, whenever her hns-
band had given her a lecture on nervous
ness, used to contriye to have him dress
one or two Of the children for school on a
winter morning, after a breakfast Slightly
belated. The good man would fall meekly
into the trap, not clearly remembering the
v~astness of the labor-the adjustings, and
the tyings, and the buttonings; the leg
gins, and the overdrawers, and the arctic
shoes; the jacket, scarf, coat, gloves, nit
tens, wristers; the hat or cap or hood, to
be pulled and pushed and tied in proper
position; the complete way in which all
these things, besides being put on, have to
be mutually made fast by strings and but
tons and safety-pins, so that the child thus
dressed is a model of compressed packing,
and could, like a well-packed barrel of
china, be sent around the world without
injury. Calm must be the spirit. high the
purpose, of the father who reaches the end
ofthis complex task without a word of i'm
! patience, while the wife whom he calls
nervous has long since taken off his hands
the other child assigned to him, aud has
long since with def hands dressed her, and
given one patient, final, all eomprehending
twitch and the whole thing is done. If
you doubt whether men are, on the whole.
and in their own way, as nervous as NO
men, test them with getting the children
ready for school, and remember that their
mother does it twice a day at least, every
day of her life"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20
LOOK TO aHE FRYING FATS.

1t is needless to say, perhaps, that the
fat of beef is as wholesome as butter, or
that hogs lard is one OF the most an
wholesome ingredients of our food, yet, in
spite of this acknowledged fact, it is the
beef fat that is often thrown away and the
lard thai is purchased fer use. There are
two reasons for this, no doubt. The lard
comes ready rendered and in neat shape,
and, although it is high in price and largely
adulterated (even when nothing is added
TO it 1t is said that what we buy as lard
from the grocer has bad lard oil already
made from it). it is bought for convenience.
The second reason may be that, although it
is known beef fat is wholesome, it is not
known so widely that every bit of Drip
ping, every bit of fat steak, the skimming
from water in which beef has boiled, can
be tried out and clarified into the purest
and sweetest beef lard. Have a crock into
which you put all your scraps of clean fat,
pork. veal or beef-all fat but mutton
every day, and once a week bring them to
the kitchen, cut them small, and put them
in a saucepan with a small cup of water
to prevent burning. Leave them Ak the
back of the stove while you are doing
other things, and when the bits have all
shrunken To nothing and look crisp it is
done: strain off into a bowl. If only scraps
of fresh fat were III the crock you need
only turn il out of the BOW in q cake whea
cold, scrape off the bottom in case Of sedi-
ment, and put it away. Ii the crock also
contained drippings and skimmings Git is
better to have these, however, in a sepa-
| rate vessel); it will need clarifying; this is
done by putting the cake Of fat you now
have IN a saucepan with a pint Of boiling
water, and let them boil together without
a cover for an hour; this viii remove the
taste Of vegetables or anything that might
otherwise faint the dripping. Throw in a
tablespoonful of salt, and let it get cold in
a cake. Turn it out and scrape the bottom.
1t will now be sweet and clear Of all inn
purity. This may be used for frying and
greasing pans.-G ood Housekeeping.
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VOL. ".
TWENTY a asiGs.

I've wandered TO the village, Tom; I've sat
beneath the tree,
Upon the school-house playground, which
sheltered you and me.
But nonc were there so greet me, Tom, and
few were left TO know,
That played with us upon the green some
twenty years ago.
The grass was just as green, Tom, barerooted
boys at play
Were sporting justas We did then, with spir-
its just rs gay;
But the Master sleeps upon the hill which,
coatcd-o'er with snow,
Afforded us a sliding place, just twenty
years ago.
The old school house has altered some-the
benches are replaced
BY new ones, very like the same our zen
knives had defaced;
But the same old bricks are in the waIl-the
bell swings to and fro,
It's music just the snme, dear Tom, twas
twenty years ago.
The boys were playing some old game, be-
meath the same old tree,
L do forget the name just now-you'ya played
the same with me-
On that same spot, twas played with knives,
bythrowing 50 and go,
The leader had Il task to do-there twenty
years ago.
The rivers running just Is still, the willows
on its side
Are larger than they were dear Tom, the
stream appears less wide:
But the grapevine swing is ruined now,
where once we played the beau,
And swung our s~weethearts, pretty girls,
just twenty years ago.
The spring that dubbed meath the hill,
close by the spreading beech,
Is very low-'twas once so high, that we could
almost reach:
And knceling down to get II drink, dear Tom,
startled so,
To see how much that l have changed, since
twenty years ago.
Near by the spring, upon an elm, You know
cut your name,
Your swcetheart's just beneath it, Tom, and
you did mine the same;
Some heartless wretch has peeled the bark
twas dying sure but slow,
just as that one, whose namie you cut, did
twenty years ago.
My lids have long been dry, Tom. but tears
came in my eyes
1 thought of her loved so we'll, those early
broken ties;
visited the old ch%urchyard, and took some
flowers TO strew
Upon The graves of those we loved, some
twenty years ago.
Some are in the churchyart laid-some sleep
beneath the sea,
But few are left Of our old class, excepting
you and me:
And when our tinc shall come, Tom, and we
are called to go,
| hope they'll lay us where We played, Just
twenty years ago.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20
YouxG MEN AND SINGLE LIFE.

1t is undoubtedly true that a single life
is not without its advantages to some.
There are hundreds Of young men, as there
are a like number of young women, to
whom a married life would be unsuitable
and unwise. 1t is an inexcusable sin for
any young man-of hereditary i'll health or
d~eformity to assume marriage, and to such
a one single life has its advantages, even
though it holds but a few pleasures. But
that young man who is possessed with eg-
cry mental and bodily equipment, and
marries not, fails in one Of the most palpa-
pable duties OF life. He depTives himself
of Iife's most refined and exalted pleasures.
of some of its strongest incentives to virtue
and activity, and sets an example unwor-
thy of imitation. Nothing has, or should
have, a greater refining and moralizing in
fluence to a young man than marriage. IL
he remains unmarried, lie lays himself
open to aliuring vices hat have no place
in his eye or mind when his affections and
attentions are conferred upon a devoted
wife. Marriage changes the current of a
mans feeling, and gives him a centre for
his thoughts, his affections, and his acts.
It renders him more ~virtuous. more wise,
and IS an incentive to put forth his best
exertions to obtain position in commercial
and social circles. 1t is conceded that mar
rage will increase the cares OF a young
man which lie would not encounter if he
remained single, but it musti be granted,
on the other hand, that It heightens the
pleasures Of life. IF marriage, in some in
stances of knowledge, has seemed TO be
but a hindrance to certain success, the
countless instances must not be forgotten
where it has proved to be the incentive
which has called forth the best part Of
mans nature, reused him from selfish
apathy, and inspired in him those generous
principles aud high resolves which have
helped TO develop him into a character
known. loved and honored by all within
the sphere of It's influence. Matrimony, it
is true, is chargeabIe with numberless So
licitudes and responsibilities, and this all
young men should fully understand before
entering upon it; but it is also full Of JOY
and happiness that is unknown to the bach
eior
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20
THE DIVINE LAW PERrEGr.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting
the soul; the testimony of The Lord is sure,
making wise the simple: the statutes of the
Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the COM
mandment of the Lord is pure, cniightenins
the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, endur-
ing forever; the judgments Of The Lord arc
trnc and righteous altogether. More to be de-
sired are they than gold, yea, than much fne
gold: sweeter Than honey and the honey
eomb.-Psm.xix: 40.
The moral law, or Ten Commandments,
are briefly comprehended in these pre-
eepts. s'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, : and Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as myself 1t ccald easily
be shown, that these principles are suffi-
cient to form the basis OF a moral code for
the whole intelligent creation, that they
are calculated to unite the creature to
the Creator, and all rational beings with
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-05-20

All kinds Of crockery and Qneensware.
We are selling lots of goods of this kind
now that we've room to show them at our
old stand at the corner.-E. u. Hmm
dhreys Il Co.
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